ADVISORY/Professional Athletes, Olympians and Paralympians To Mentor New York City Youth At Afternoon Sports Clinic Organized By World T.E.A.M. Sports.News/Assignment Editors ADVISORY... for Saturday (May 11) --(BUSINESS WIRE) WHEN: Saturday, May 11, 2p.m.-5 p.m. WHAT: All Sports Day, organized by World T.E.A.M. (The Exceptional Athlete Matters) Sports, is an energetic, educational, active and fun sports mentoring event for nearly 1,000 disabled and able-bodied young people grades K-8 who live in lower Manhattan. Marking the eight-month anniversary of the 9-11 attacks, the primary goal of the day is to give the young participants -- particularly traumatized by the attacks -- a sense of the kindness and courage of humanity and a conviction that they can do great things with their lives in spite of monumental challenges. Sports clinics offered for youth regardless of ability include: gymnastics, rock climbing, cycling/handcycling, baseball, soccer and basketball. The afternoon will conclude with autograph signings by featured athletes. WHO: Professional athletes and legends, Olympians, and Paralympians will conduct clinics and offer instruction on specific sports ranging from basic to advanced skills. Featured athletes include: Tiki Barber, New York Giants Ed Charles, MLB Legend - NY Mets Trent Dimas, US Olympic Gold Medal Gymnast David Snowden, New York Rollin' Knicks Dhani Jones, New York Giants Ronnie Irvine, Paralympic Cyclist Tony Ferreira, former Kansas City Royal Wendy Hilliard, US Olympic Rhythmic Gymnast New York Freedom players Mark Wellman, Disabled Mountain Climber Diana Nyad, Swimmer and Sports Reporter Rod Gilbert, NHL Legend - NY Rangers Nelson Vails, US Olympic Silver Medal Cyclist Diane Dixon, US Olympic Track Medalist Dave Kiley, Paralympic Basketball Player, President of NWBA Ethan Zohn, CBS Survivor Africa Winner and professional soccer player Chris Waddell, Paralympian and five-time gold medalist Sarah Reinertsen, Disabled Runner. Holds marathon record for female single leg amputee Ralph Branca, former Brooklyn Dodger, and New York Yankee Albert King, former NJ Net and Philadelphia 76er Eli Wolff, United States Paralympic Soccer Team WHERE: New York City. Field House, Chelsea Piers Sports & Entertainment Complex Pier 62, located between 17th and 23rd Streets. For media access to All Sports Day “Sports Day” redirects here. For the LazyTown episode, see List of LazyTown episodes. Sports days are annual events staged by many schools in which children participate in competitive sporting activities, often with the aim of winning trophies or prizes. , for more information or to learn more about World T.E.A.M. Sports, please call Jake Stafford at 202/887-0500, ext. 16, or visit http://www.worldteamsports.org. All Sports Day is presented by PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol , Lehman Brothers Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (NYSE: LEH), founded in 1850, is a diversified, global financial services firm. It is a participant in investment banking, equity and fixed income sales, research and trading, investment management, private equity, and private banking. and Met Life; and is sponsored by Arent Fox, Axiom Creative Group, Embassy Suites Hotel New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , GenAmerican Financial, Hospital for Special Surgery, Joukowsky Family Foundation, Major League Soccer, Moore Charitable Foundation, National Football League, National Hockey League National Hockey League (NHL) Organization of professional North American ice-hockey teams. The league was formed in 1917 by five Canadian teams; the first U.S. team, the Boston Bruins, was added in 1924. It today consists of 30 teams in two conferences and six divisions. , National Basketball Association National Basketball Association (NBA) U.S. professional basketball league. It was formed in 1949 by the merger of two rival organizations, the National Basketball League (founded 1937) and the Basketball Association of America (1946). , New England New England, name applied to the region comprising six states of the NE United States—Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. The region is thought to have been so named by Capt. Financial, Sports Illustrated Sports Illustrated is the largest weekly American sports magazine owned by media conglomerate Time Warner. It has over 3 million subscribers and is read by 23 million adults each week, including over 18 million men, 19% of the adult males in the country. for Kids, Trans World Skateboarding, and Williams Trading. |
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